Improved compound foe purifying spirits and other liquids



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PIERRE JOSEPH B A D o m, 0 F YORK, Y.

Letters Patent No. 68,028, dated August 27, 1867.

IMPROVED COMPOUND FOR P URIFYING SPIRITS AND OTHER LIQUIDS.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN Be it known that 'I, PIERR Jcsnru BADOUX, inthe county and State of New York, have invented a new and improvedChemical Mixture for the Purification'and Discoloratiou of all Fluidsand Spirits; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full andexact description thereof.

The extraordinary power from the above-said chemical mixture for allfluids and spirits to purify and to decolorize, results from the perfectand complete union of the several ingredients together in a variabledose or quantity. i

I bring in a great barrel first one hundred pounds of quicltlime withabout one hundred pounds of water,

and after having well mixed all together, I add fil'ty pounds of flowersof sulphur, Well mixed with fifty'pounds of water, and if all is wellmixed I add one hundred pounds of sulphate of zinc or sulphate of iron,or sulphate of bismuth, or of alumina mixed with about one hundredpounds of water, and finally I add to the whole compo sition one hundredpounds sulphate of baryta. hen this mixture by addition of water becomesstrong alkaline,

and marks about 40 areometer Bonnie it is ver useful for the)urification and discoloration of all fluid, with the express conditionthat it should be saturated or neutralized by any acids, nitric,sulphuric, o1- muriatic. It is best to use the compound warm.

Having described my invention, \vhat vI. oIaim,and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

1. The composition herein described for purifying and discoloringspirits and other liquids, substantially as described.

2. The combination of sulphur, lime, sulphate of zinc or iron, sulphateof baryta,,and any acid or acids, as nitric, muriatic, or their mixture.

3. The combination of bisulphate of lime, sulphate of zinc, and sulphateof bismuth or iron, for the purification ofspirits. 7

- PIERRE JOSEPH BADOUX.

Witnesses Ounnnns WALTER, J AMES McKnNNA.

